时间:2019-01-08 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2006


英语课

1. Fires raging near the Palm Springs area are now to blame for the deaths of four firefighters, another is in critical condition. They were battling the blaze which is sweeping 1 through parts of southern California. Hundreds of people have been driven from the area and at least three homes have been severely 2 damaged.

2. One day after President Bush answered questions about the ongoing 3 war in Iraq, Defense 4 Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said Thursday that critics should "just back off" and stop demanding specific deadlines for progress in Iraq.

3. An unmanned Russian supply ship has now docked securely with the International Space Station following an earlier unsuccessful attempt. NASA officials say the vessel 5 was bringing needed supplies to the crew living in space.

4. A powerful snowstorm dumped a foot and a half of snow in parts of the Colorado mountains. Thursday traffic in much of the area was brought to a halt and many schools were closed. The National Weather Service said snow was falling at a rate of about 3 inches an hour.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. back off: phrase
If you tell someone to back off, you are telling them to stop interfering 6. (INFORMAL)



adj.范围广大的,一扫无遗的
  • The citizens voted for sweeping reforms.公民投票支持全面的改革。
  • Can you hear the wind sweeping through the branches?你能听到风掠过树枝的声音吗?
adv.严格地;严厉地;非常恶劣地
  • He was severely criticized and removed from his post.他受到了严厉的批评并且被撤了职。
  • He is severely put down for his careless work.他因工作上的粗心大意而受到了严厉的批评。
adj.进行中的,前进的
  • The problem is ongoing.这个问题尚未解决。
  • The issues raised in the report relate directly to Age Concern's ongoing work in this area.报告中提出的问题与“关心老人”组织在这方面正在做的工作有直接的关系。
n.防御,保卫;[pl.]防务工事;辩护,答辩
  • The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
  • The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。
n.船舶;容器,器皿;管,导管,血管
  • The vessel is fully loaded with cargo for Shanghai.这艘船满载货物驶往上海。
  • You should put the water into a vessel.你应该把水装入容器中。
学英语单词
acousto-optically
adrenotropic
air pressure governor valve
alarm flag
Alpine type ultramafic associations
ambulantes
American Association of University Professors
amylic
antisymmetric
auxetometer
balancing hole type
banier
bona fide purchaser
borderline schizophrenias
breshin
butterfly-shapeds
caesium
chemically stabilized earth lining
chromotherapists
coarse fare
coastic wharf
coefficient of bearing capacity
Colocacia
combustion chamber hopper
conversation pieces
coupler neck
deep submergence vehicle (dsv)
differential treatment
earth-drake
equal employment
Etlingera elatior
excess neutron
explosion riveting
extances
Fingal process
fire-room log
forward kernel
genus Paphiopedilum
grindstones
group of linear transformations
hard fat
Hepionin
hypothecate
Information memorandum
iron-bearing
judicial arbitration
Junc.
keratosis of waldeyer's ring
khamaseen
Lagrange-Hamilton theory
lemon chrome
light client
limited optimization
line circuit-breaker
luminously
Mabesi, L.
mailshot
mandibular joint neuralgia
Manques
mean-time
meet with acceptance
Murinae
national income deflator
non-excludable
nonconductors
oculocutaneous
Old West
one of a kinds
plug reef
potential fuse failure relay
preexistent
pulse former
Ranier City
rectilinear polygon
restriction clause
root bur
rupestrian
Safeway
search receiver
segment number
seismic anisotropy
self igniting light
sfusd
signalling methods
SIMD
single retort underfeed stoker
single step process
splitband fertilizer boot
sprinkler bead
stand up against
steam diagram
thaumatoptyx uranicoptyx
Thickness taper
Tibbett
tooth harmonic
trimming potentiometer
unit of ammunition
Villa Urquiza
VLGC
Vrist
wash thickener
Watson-Crick base pairing